Dr. Jerry W. Chang, a board certified plastic surgeon, is a partner at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. Dr. Chang graduated with honors from Duke University in 1998 and received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri with honors in Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Urology, and Obstetrics/Gynecology. In 2009, he completed a combined residency in General Surgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Yale University in Connecticut, where he also served as Chief Administrative Resident. During this time, Dr. Chang received advanced training in Microvascular and Reconstructive Surgery, obtaining the Yale Microvascular Certificate. He was also awarded the Yale Plastic Surgery Scholastic Award in 2009. Dr. Chang pursued further training in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as Fellow and Junior Staff Attending, focusing on functional rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation surgeries, as well as breast and body aesthetic surgery.
In 2007, Dr. Chang traveled abroad to Thailand as a medical volunteer with the non-profit volunteer organization, Changing Children’s Lives, Inc., where he treated children with facial deformities such as cleft lip and palates, facial deformities from burns, as well as congenital hand and feet deformities.
Dr. Chang performs cosmetic and reconstructive procedures, specializing in rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation, lipo abdominoplasty, breast reconstruction, and breast augmentation, among other procedures. Dr. Chang is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. He has presented research findings on a national level and authored multiple publications. Most recently in 2015, Dr. Chang was chosen as a Top 40 Under 40 by the Long Island Business News.
Dr. Chang’s leisure activities include music, travel, art, film, sports and playing the guitar.
2003: Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, MD
1998: B.S. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Training
2009-2010: Fellowship and Junior Staff Attending: Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, Massachusetts
2003-2009: Residency: General Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut
Teaching
Instructor of Plastic Surgery Residency Program, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group
Wound Healing and Suture Material Lecture, Stony Brook University Medical Students
New York Times, Super Doctors Rising Stars, 2015, 2016, 2017
Long Island Business News 40 Under 40 Award, 2015
Vitals Patients’ Choice Award 2018, 2019
Publications/Presentations
Tristan L. Hartzell, Amir H. Taghinia, Jerry W. Chang, Samuel J. Lin, Sumner A. Slavin. “The Use of Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for the Correction of Secondary Deformities after Breast Augmentation.” Poster presented at the 2010 Annual meeting of American Association of Plastic Surgeons, San Antonio, TX, March 20-23, 2010. Accepted for presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Washington DC, Oct. 28-31, 2010. Accepted for publication in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Amr N. Rabie, Jerry W. Chang, Bernard T. Lee, Samuel J. Lin. “Use of Tragal Cartilage Grafts in Rhinoplasty: Anatomic Study and Review of the Literature.” Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Rhinoplasty Society, Washington, DC, April 22-23, 2010. Submitted for publication.
Amr N. Rabie, Jerry W. Chang, Adam M. Tobias, Bernard T. Lee, Loren Borud, Samuel J. Lin. “Common Patterns of Reconstruction for Mohs Defects in the Head and Neck.” Submitted for publication.
Chang J, Restifo R. “The Areolar Flap: A Novel Technique to Achieve Areolar Projection in Nipple-Areolar Reconstruction.” Presented at Yale Research Day, 2009
Chang J, Persing JA, Shin J. “Role of CT Scans in Patients With Deformational Plagiocephaly: Are They Necessary?” Presented at Yale Research Day, 2008
Chang J, Kadlub N, Persing JA, Shin J. “Differences in Buttock Shape Preferences Between Plastic Surgeons and Patients Seeking Buttock Reshaping.” Presented at Yale Research Day, 2007
Rylova SN, Amalfitano A, Persaud-Sawin D, Guo WX, Chang J, Jansen PJ, Proia AD, and Boustany RM.“The CLN3 Gene is a Novel Molecular Target for Cancer Drug Discovery.” Cancer Research 62, 801-808, February 1, 2002
Completed Honors Thesis CLN3 is Overexpressed in Cancer based on Independent Research Project, Duke University 1997-1998
Patents
Shared Patentship for the use of the CLN3 gene, transcript, cDNA, or protein in the diagnosis, prognosis, or monitoring of cancer or other proliferative diseases in humans or animals.
Dr. Jerry W. Chang, a board certified plastic surgeon, is a partner at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. Dr. Chang graduated with honors from Duke University in 1998 and received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri with honors in Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Urology, and Obstetrics/Gynecology. In 2009, he completed a combined residency in General Surgery and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Yale University in Connecticut, where he also served as Chief Administrative Resident. During this time, Dr. Chang received advanced training in Microvascular and Reconstructive Surgery, obtaining the Yale Microvascular Certificate. He was also awarded the Yale Plastic Surgery Scholastic Award in 2009. Dr. Chang pursued further training in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as Fellow and Junior Staff Attending, focusing on functional rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation surgeries, as well as breast and body aesthetic surgery.
